Activate Subcommands

Common card from The Borg (2001) / Common card from First Contact (1997)

The Borg: A single Borg cube often carries of a complement of over 64,000 drones. Most remain dormant in their alcoves until activated to perform a specific task.

First Contact: The Borg have huge numbers of available drones which normally perform internal functions for the collective. When a task is pending, some of these drones are activated.

Downloads one Borg drone, one Borg drone, and one Borg drone. Discard event and draw no cards this turn.

Special-icons: Borg-use-only

Strategy notes

'crosslinks' - Activate Subcommands

See Borg related cards, Borg use only events, Borg Communication drones, Borg Defense drones, Borg Navigation drones in strategy area.

'downloading' - Activate Subcommands is the reason

Activate Subcommands can be used to download one card from a set of 47 possible cards (47x Personnel). See overview in strategy area.

'downloading' - Activate Subcommands is the target

Activate Subcommands could be downloaded by the following card:

Strategy article

Card Extra from Evan Lorentz (01/1998)

Rule notes

Official Runlings:

This event may download a drone which has all three subcommand icons (e.g., Seven of Nine) as any one of the three subcommands. You must also download two other drones of the other two subcommands.

Taken from: Rulebook Glossary (08/2002)